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NEWS

New Products from Nola and Cary Audio
We're Newly authorized to sell Boston Acoustics, Pioneer Elite

and Onkyo!

Got gear to sell? Check out our consignment Specials!
Jazz, Man
Updated Consignment Department

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If you're in the market for loudspeakers, you really need to hear these wonders!

The driver complement consists of two low mass 6½ inch bass drivers and one high resolution silk soft dome tweeter in a vertical array. Each bass driver is housed in a separate chamber and is individually ported. This technique, while costly, eliminates driver interference and provides increased clarity. The upper driver is ported to the rear, while the lower driver is loaded by a downward firing port. The chambers are tuned to different frequencies to provide the smoothest and most extended in-room bass response.

The Contender is a true 3-way system with the benefit of increased mid-range clarity, yet it maintains the coherency of a good 2-way. We feel this approach, while more costly, is superior to a 2½-way design where both the bass and bass/midrange drivers have to cope with deep bass reproduction.

The Contender maintains the smooth 8-ohm impedance characteristic and high 90dB sensitivity of the Boxer so that use with amplifiers of 30 watts or more is feasible. The Contender footprint is the same as the Boxer.

Specifications
Dimensions: 44" H x 8" W x 12" D (including spikes), 50 lbs. net
Response: 35 Hz to 28 kHz
Sensitivity: 90 dB
Impedance: 8 ohms
Crossover: 3-way, built on two boards that are point to point hand-wired, with Premium 630-volt 3% polypropylene capacitors
Finish: True Piano Cherry high gloss or True Piano Black high gloss. Includes a set of premium spikes.

We have the Contenders here in our showrooms for you to audition. At just $3,400, they're in the game with speakers that cost twice as much! Give us a call and schedule your audition today.

The CD-500 is an outstanding CD player offering HDCD decoding. It has 192 kHz, 24 bit Burr Brown 1792u DAC chips in the critical digital to analog converter section. The CD-500 contains audio grade Elna capacitors in the audio circuit for incredible bass, extremely musical midrange, and extended highs. By having the ability to upsample a CD disk from 44.1 kHz to 96, 192, 384, 512 or 768 kHz it can find the perfect sample rate for each disk in your musical library. Discrete RS 232 and Infrared command codes make it custom installation ready. The CD-500 is available with a silver or black anodized aluminum front panel.

This is the last CD player you'll need to buy. At just $2995, it will bring your CD collection to life like never before. Here's an excerpt from a recent review:

"I don't get excited about redbook CD too often, but I must have played 200 discs or so during my time with the Cary unit. My conclusion? The CD 500 is the best non-SACD player I've heard among any costing up to $5,000. Digital has never sounded so good to my ears, and with the up-sampling options it's possible to achieve SACD-like results with redbook discs. Although I don't have experience with the megabuck (10K+) players on the market, it would take a strong persuader to shake me off the Cary tree. At $2,995, this is not an entry-level player or one for casual listeners. But if your shelves are sagging with CDs and you want to hear them at their best, the CD 500 cannot be recommended strongly enough. Is it time to up-sample? I think so." -Todd Whitesel, Audio Video Revolution

Innovative products, well built and value priced, the Boston Acoustics line of speakers and table-top products are among the leaders in high-value home audio speakers and equipment.

We're very pleased to be authorized to sell this exceptional line. They have some seriously good options for you. For example, if you live in an apartment or condo and have limited space and you don't want to run wires around your room, Boston Acoustics offers several Sound Bars with wireless subwoofers that will make you smile. Here's what I'm talking about:

Additional features:

Boston engineered for best-in-class performance

Simple and functional design fits with any HDTV

Wireless subwoofer can be positioned horizontally or vertically and placed anywhere in the room

Digital input features Dolby Digital decoding for superior surround sound

Boston’s Digitally Optimized Virtual Surround processing for pinpoint, theater-like, surround effects

Exclusive Boston DSP Control Switch maximizes performance

Mini stereo AUX input to connect your mobile device

Powerful Cinematic Audio and Concert-Quality Music Performance
The TVee Model 30’s advanced 3.1-channel virtual surround sound speaker system literally envelops you in rich, room-filling audio. Get the best of both worlds, the system’s unique Movie/Music mode fine tunes the sound for both movies and music. In the “Movie Mode”, you will enjoy crisp, clear movie dialogue and powerful cinematic special audio effects and the “Music Mode” delivers concert-quality music reproduction. Perfectly sized for flat-panel TVs 40” or larger, the TVee Model 30’s soundbar achieves its stunning audio performance through the inclusion of three 3-1/2” Fiber Ceramic Copolymer Material (FCCM) mid-bass drivers and three ¾” Dome Tweeters, plus a potent 7” FCCM subwoofer in a compact tuned bandpass enclosure for maximum bass.

Wide Variety of Placement Options to Match All Home Entertainment Lifestyles
For total placement flexibility in any home entertainment environment, the TVee Model 30’s slim soundbar can be mounted on a wall above or below a TV, or rest on any surface. The soundbar features integrated keyhole wall mounts, eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets, and the built-in rubber feet allow it to be placed safely on any flat surface. Adding even more flexibility, a DSP "location" control switch maximizes the performance of the soundbar based on placement (on-wall or tabletop). Plus, the compact wireless subwoofer can be placed either vertically or horizontally, allowing you to place it virtually anywhere, even in a corner behind a couch or under a bed and still enjoy great, powerful bass performance.

Simple Setup
The TVee Model 30 soundbar uses your television remote control and with just one cable to connect to your HDTV, you’ll be up and running in no time. And because the subwoofer is wireless, you can place it just about anywhere in your room.

They also have the Model TVee 25 for just $349.99 for the system. Boston Acoustics also has a wide range of loudspeakers available from bookshelf, floorstanding, in-wall, in-ceiling and outdoor in a wide range of high-value prices.

Give us a call and we'll help you pick out the right speakers for your room, tastes and budget.

As we continue our efforts to bring to you AV products that meet any need, we look for brands that offer not only great performance and value, but something different as well. We've found this in the Pioneer and Onkyo brands. Since personal preferences and tastes and priorities for features, performance and price range vary widely, having good options is not only important, it's essential. We're proud to bring you these outstanding brands to add to the many options we can deliver.

Look for more news about these brands and their products in upcoming issues of our Newsletter.

This month only, your sale proceeds are increased by 5% for all gear brought in for consignment sale.

We sell a ton of used audio gear on consignment. This is a great time to pull your old gear out of the closet. We'll find an appreciative new owner for you and put some extra money in your pocket to boot!

Here's Ed Sapiega's latest edition of "Jazz, Man" for your edification and reading pleasure.

I remember the first one, The Kinks Greatest Hits in mono. I still have it. To my parents, collecting records was a waste of money. I should note, however, that their love of Broadway show tunes has served me well as I continue to learn the saxophone. So, other than it being a subversive act, buying records (and sneaking them into the house) was flat out fun. You could find records at department stores and appliance stores. And, if you were lucky, your travels brought you to the superstores – Peaches, Virgin, or Tower. Miles of aisle to flip through to find something new or different. The thrill of the “hunt”, the tactile joy of fast flipping, switching places with the guy to your right to see what was in the next bin over. Loved it. And I collected and then the jazz bug bit so I collected more. I pretty much skipped the cassette collecting, had a brief encounter with eight tracks due to a short lived used car, and then went nuts with CD’s.

The part I miss, however, was the hunt. Finding the special recording that I didn’t even know existed. Now I go onto the internet and search or page through listings of recordings. It’s not the same because I have to know what I am looking for first. There is no flipping through the records, much better albums than with CD’s in their obnoxious reusable plastic cases.

In exchange, however, we are now blessed with tons of material. Re-releases with alternate tracks. Boxed sets with every album plus the outtakes, alternates, and breakdowns during the recording. I learned that even the greatest occasionally squeaked unintentionally. Recordings by minor or obscure artists that we latter day collectors missed when they came around the first time. Now we get to acquire and hear all of this wonderful music. Do I need sixteen CD’s recorded by Coltrane on Prestige? In my case, yes.

But, occasionally, I get surprised and find myself in the hunt, once again. Odd places sell albums and CD’s: antique stores, second hand stores, pawn shops, or, occasionally, a consignment store. And then there are the “specialty” record stores, a place like Sweet Home Audio, with an aisle of well chosen records and CD’s, apparently collected by people in the know and in wonderful condition. I smile. I get ready. And I flip to my heart’s content. And I always find a “five star”. Which is what I tell my wife when I bring it home. I don’t have to sneak it in, but I do have to have some reason why I bought yet another.

Sell your old gear on consignment and turn it into cash—money for you to spend. (Special consignment rates this month only!! See details above).

If you are in the market for home audio or home video gear and you're on a budget, buy from our Consignment Department. We've got quality used A/V products on consignment at very attractive prices.

Every month we add new items to the consignment list (see it at the end of this newsletter). We even have music on consignment—CD's, LP's and even Laser Discs.

We are frequently out of the shop helping customers at their homes and businesses.

Monday through Fridays, we do our best to keep regular hours here (see below times).

We are now available on Saturday and Sundays by appointment only. We are usually able to accommodate your schedule, so give us a call and let's set up a time for you to come over and check out our shop and gear.

TVee Model 30

Here's Ed Sapiega's latest edition of "Jazz, Man" for your edification and reading pleasure.

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